The Hepialoidea are the superfamily of "ghost moths" and "swift moths".

Fossils

Fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...

Hepialoidea appear to be few. ''Prohepialus'' (possibly Hepialidae) has been described from the about 35-million-year-old Bembridge marls of Isle of Wight. A mid-Miocene hepialoid fossil is also known from China.Zhang, J. (1989). ''Fossil insects from Shanwung, Shandong, China.'' Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House.

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Tree of Life

Hepialidae of the World - List of Genera and Links to Species
Hepialoidea, Lepidoptera superfamilies Taxa named by James Francis Stephens {{Hepialoidea-stub